Man sought in northwest Houston rape in May

Houston police are looking for a Houston man they say raped his then-girlfriend in May at her northwest Houston apartment, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

Craig Aaron Smith, 43, has been charged with sexual assault in the May 28 case, court records show. The suspect, who has a lengthy criminal record, remained at large Thursday.

The victim told investigators that she and Smith were drinking beer and discussing past relationships when he became upset and sexually assaulted her, according to an arrest warrant filed on Wednesday.

After the alleged assault, the nude victim ran out of the apartment and screamed to neighbors, “He raped me, he raped me,” the complaint states.

The woman told police that Smith had physically abused her the day before the assault, throwing her on the floor and injuring her ribs, court records show.

She was taken to Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, where the medical staff found “several acute injuries, as well as some healing injuries, all over the (victim’s) body that are consistent with the sexual and physical assaults she described,” the arrest warrant states.

Smith has a lengthy criminal history dating to 1999 that includes convictions for theft, obtaining drugs by fraud, forged prescription, unlawfully carrying a weapon, and driving while intoxicated, court records show.